Simon the Sorcerer - Chaos Happens

Runs so slow its almost unplayable.

Im trying to play simon 4 on windows 7 but the game takes an age to load and when it eventually does it takes it so long to catch up with what the cursor is actually pointing at its virtually unplayable.

Any tips?

Many thanks

Jon

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It may be that the hardware requirements for the game are higher than your machines capability. If youve not already, try lower the graphics and other settings to minimum, and see if the game runs any better. That wouldnt help the long loading time, but may make the game more playable. Also compare the GPU, CPU and RAM required for the game to your machine.

I dont think the hardware is the problem. The game only needs a Pentium 4 with 512mb of RAM but its running on a 2.4ghz i3 with 4gb of RAM.

I know the game was originally meant to run on windows XP but Gamersgate states it will work with windows 7.

Plus, the only thing I can do in settings is to turn the shadows off which doesnt seem to make any difference at all.

I appreciate the game isnt going to hold a torch to Day of the Tentacle but being a Simon 1 + 2 obsessive I have a strange compulsion to play the series out. Hell, if I can survive Simon 3D I can survive anything

If your machine has the necessary hardware and its only the game running slowly and not your whole machine, then Im not too sure what the problem could be. Andreasqiao raised a good point, which is to make sure the game has all patches and updates installed. If you open your task manager and close all other applications you can see if something else is using up all your RAM and CPU in the background, but as I said if its just this one game running slowly thats likely not the problem.